Yachts & Yachting magazine

Since 1947 Yachts & Yachting has been famed for its excellent coverage of all aspects of racing, from local dinghy and keelboat events to the heights of the Olympic Games, America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race. As well as the top end events, each issue is full of vital information, including technique and tips from some of the best coaches in the sport, interviews and profiles, kit and equipment guides, as well as tests of the latest new boats.

Sailing Today

Skipper’s View • MORE THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF BOAT, MULTIHULLS ILLUSTRATE HOW DIVERSE THE SAILING EXPERIENCE CAN BE

CONTRIBUTORS

Grand slam • The RORC Caribbean 600 is one of the big showdowns of the winter season across the pond. This year the race was won by the radical scow bowed Palanad 4, designed by Sam Manouard. Fresh from victory i the RORC Transatlantic, this rather ungainly looking vessel edged out Ino Noir to take victory in the IRC class once more

Ebb and flow • EVENTS | NEWS | TALES FROM THE SAILING COMMUNITY

BEST NEW MULTIHULLS • A new season brings a new crop of multihulls. Sam Jefferson casts his eye over the latest launches ahead of the Multihull Show at La Grande Motte

RULE BRETAGNE! • Powerful tides, legendary sailors, pink granite cliffs and a way of life that slows you down. Sailing Brittany means surrendering to ‘l’Aise Breizh’, as Ingrid Schnabl discovered

Andy Rice • Andy contemplates life after an Olympic campaign, and raises ideas about how other countries could follow the Aussie way of keeping the sport alive

Paul Heiney • Paul looks back to a halcyon world full of physical 'things' instead of ephemeral nothings stored in the cloud

Tom Cunliffe • Barometer-reading technique can be a bit of an art and, as Tom found out, sometimes it pays to break the habit of a lifetime by listening to others!

LAND OF MANY ISLANDS • Genevieve Leaper joined a couple of friends aboard their Hallberg Rassy 352 on a delightful passage from Copenhagen to Sweden’s southeast coast

MULTI HULL SHOW • The Multihull Show is back, and the 2026 edition promises to be a record-breaking event

NEW SENSATION • The Excess 13 is the latest launch from a manufacturer that endeavours to inject fun into the sometimes languid world of the cruising catamaran. Does it succeed? Sam Jefferson finds out

SUMMER REGATTA GUIDE 2026 • Get set for a sparkling summer on the water with our guide to a wealth of multi-class weekend to week-long regattas across some of Britain’s most stunning inland, river and coastal locations - whatever your boat or budget, there is a regatta for you

GREECE ON WATER • In this, Part 2 of our Greek charter coverage, we look at some of the best holiday options in the areas covering the Aegean, Sporades, and Dodecanese writes Sue Pelling

UP FOR THE CUP • Georgie Corlett-Pitt hears from Hannah Mills, Eilidh McIntyre and Matt Beck on the search for the next generation of America’s Cup talent at the Athena Pathway Trials, and finds out why, in this new Cup era, no actual sailing was involved…

GIRL ALMIGHTY • Poppy Luxton’s sailing achievements last year culminated with a win at the British Yachting Awards. Here she chats to Sue Pelling about her inspirational sailing pathway which began at a ‘try sailing day’ and led to the British Youth Sailing Team

IT’S SHOWTIME! • Record numbers, major debuts and green innovation: Inside South Coast & Green Tech Boat Show 2026

OFF THE BOAT, OFF THE MAP • Is there more to sailing in the Ionian than just sailing in the Ionian? Charter veteran Tom Fletcher steps off his boat and heads inland to discover some hidden treasures

A DESIGN FOR LIFE? • Sam Fortescue gets the measure of tailormade boats

LAUNCHED • New kit for you and your...